resistance

noun

• 1the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument:she put up no resistance to being led away
• armed or violent opposition:government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance
• (also resistance movement) [in singular] a secret organization resisting authority, especially in an occupied country.
• (the Resistance) the underground movement formed in France during World War II to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government. Also called maquis.
• the impeding, slowing, or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another:air resistance would need to be reduced by streamlining

• 2the ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely:some of us have a lower resistance to cold than others
• Medicine & Biology lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., especially as a result of continued exposure or genetic change.

• 3the degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. Ohm’s law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current.
• a resistor or other circuit component that opposes the passage of an electric current.